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Former Wolf gridiron giants (l to r) Josh Bayne, Nick Streubel and Jake Tumblin.

   Former Wolf gridiron giants (l to r) Josh Bayne, Nick Streubel and Jake Tumblin.

Monica Vidoni (18)

   Monica Vidoni (18), back row, fourth from left, with her Rainy River Community College teammates.

Tyler King, the lone CHS grad to be a D-1 scholarship athlete.

Tyler King, the lone CHS grad to be a current D-1 scholarship athlete.

At least 15 former Coupeville High School athletes are currently pursuing their athletic dreams in college.

And, as soon as I say 15, someone will drop a name or two and I’ll realize my memory is truly shoddy, but oh well, here goes.

Josh Bayne and Jake Tumblin — The former Wolf two-way football stars are both freshmen at Simon Fraser University in Canada.

While there is no word yet on whether they will redshirt, both are on the Clan roster and listed as defensive backs.

Bayne sports #17, while Tumblin is tabbed as #21 (though is wearing a different number in his school photo.)

Aaron Curtin — Coming off a stellar senior year at CHS, where he was a standout tennis, basketball and baseball player, Curtin plans to walk on the Central Washington University baseball squad.

Amanda d’Almeida — A junior at Carleton College in Minnesota, she’s currently listed as a student manager for the Knights soccer squad after playing for the team the past two years.

While battling through a string of injuries, she’s played in 27 games, starting nine and has been on the pitch for 1,074 minutes of action.

Ben Etzell — Played baseball as a freshman pitcher last spring at Saint John’s in Minnesota.

The former Cascade Conference MVP earned the save as his squad captured the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference tournament title and a berth in the NCAA D-III playoffs.

Hailey Hammer — Scheduled to be  a freshman softball slugger at Everett Community College, where she’ll be on scholarship.

Tyler King — The elder statesmen for Wolf athletes in college, he’s a scholarship athlete at the University of Washington heading into his senior year as a cross country and track stud.

Currently owns the sixth-best time in the 10K in school history and was an All-American in cross country, where he teamed with Aaron Nelson to be the first Husky male duo to ever achieve that honor in the same season.

Morgan Payne and Aaron Trumbull — The former Wolf baseball teammates plan to reunite and take the diamond as freshmen at Olympic College in Bremerton the spring.

Mitch Pelroy — The junior returns for another campaign with Montana Western, which is ranked #26 in the NAIA Football Coaches’ Preseason Poll.

The Bulldogs open Sept. 5 on the road against Rocky Mountain College.

In 20 games at the college level, Pelroy has racked up 600 return yards (541 on kickoffs and 59 on punt returns), while collecting 32 tackles, six assists and a sack as a defensive back.

Madeline Roberts — As a freshman last year, she played basketball and softball (scholarship) for Shoreline Community College.

Wearing #21, Roberts played in 32 games on the diamond, racking up 22 hits, 19 runs, 14 walks, a home run and 12 RBI.

Nick Streubel — #68 on the Central Washington University football roster, the 6-foot-3, 301-pound carved-in-granite-these-days Big Hurt is a redshirt scholarship freshman offensive lineman for the Wildcats.

He and his teammates kick off the season Sept. 5 at Colorado State.

Madison Tisa McPhee — The former Wolf track star will be riding with Central Washington’s rodeo team.

Mad Dawg will be running barrels, goat tying and breakaway calf roping.

Monica Vidoni — The former Wolf made her debut as a volleyball player for Rainy River Community College in Minnesota last weekend.

The Voyageurs took second at the Fergus Falls Tournament, falling to Bismarck State College in the championship match, with Vidoni, who just joined the team, getting in for a few plays.

She currently plans to play basketball and softball in addition to volleyball.

Joel WalstadThe record-setting Wolf QB has taken his talents to America’s Heartland.

A three-sport star for Coupeville (football, basketball, soccer) he is a freshman on scholarship at Midland University in Nebraska.

He’s currently listed as a kicker/punter (roles he also handled at Coupeville) and will wear #9 for the Warriors.

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Tyler King

Tyler King

Tyler King stayed up late to finish his college track season.

The former Coupeville High School standout, now a junior at the University of Washington, didn’t take to the track for his race at the NCAA West Preliminaries Championship Thursday in Austin, Texas until a hair past 10 PM.

Then, since he was running in the never-ending 10,000 meter race, he stayed up well past his bed time.

By the time he was done King had rolled across the line in 30th (out of 48 runners) in a time of 31 minutes, 39.57 seconds.

The top 12 finishers advanced on to the NCAA D-1 Outdoor Track Championships in Eugene, Oregon June 10-13.

The Huskies are sending seven athletes on, four women and three men.

They include Baylee Mires (800), Gianna Woodruff (400 hurdles), Maddie Meyers (5000), Kristina Owsinski (pole vault), Meron Simon (3000 steeplechase), Curtis Clauson (javelin) and Izaic Yorks (1500).

During his days at CHS, King won state championships in both track and cross country.

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Tyler King

Tyler King

Tyler King is part of history.

The former Coupeville High School running whiz is now a redshirt junior at the University of Washington and this weekend he helped the Huskies thrash their biggest rivals in a way never before seen in 96 years.

With King garnering three points for his second-place finish in the 3,000 meter race, U-Dub pasted Washington State University 113-50 in a meet held at the Husky Outdoor Track.

That, combined with the Washington women winning 99-64, means the Huskies scored a combined 212 points, the most-ever in the nearly century-long war between the two state schools.

It was also the first dual meet sweep for UW since 1997, and only the third sweep since 1979, when Washington added womens’ track and field.

The Husky men have beaten the Cougars three straight years, while this was the first win for the Washington women over WSU since 2012.

King zipped through his event in a lean eight minutes, 20.09 seconds, trailing just teammate Colby Gilbert, an All-American who holds the school record in the 3,000.

Gilbert hit the tape in 8:11.73.

The Huskies go to the Pac-12 Championships in mid-May, with the NCAA outdoor track championships in mid-June.

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Hunter Hammer, All-American college track athlete and accomplished baby-sitter.

Hunter Hammer, All-American college track athlete and accomplished baby-sitter.

Hunter Hammer is a two-timer.

All-American that is. Two-time All-American.

The former Coupeville High School basketball and track legend finished third in the shot put at the National Christian College Athletic Association finals in Rome, Georgia this weekend, earning that status.

Representing Trinity Lutheran, his final throw in the shot put went 14.60 meters.

He was an All-American last year in the discus, an event he took 13th in this time around.

Hammer also placed fifth in the hammer throw (45.85 meters), and the ten points he earned accounted for more than half of his team’s 19 points.

The Trinity Lutheran men finished 15th in the team standings, with Shorter University taking home the NCCAA championship banner.

Hammer’s female teammates placed 22nd overall.

During his time as a Wolf, the six-foot-seven, wildly outgoing Hammer broke almost all of the school’s throwing records, while also being a dominant player for the boys’ basketball squad.

After graduation, he competed at Everett Community College for two seasons before joining the brand-new track program at Trinity.

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"Two hands. Always two hands." Madeline Roberts knows her softball-catching skills. (John Fisken photos)

“Two hands. Always two hands.” Madeline Roberts knows her softball-catching skills. (John Fisken photos)

"You're in too close. I'm goin' yard, baby!!"

“You’re in too close. I’m goin’ yard, baby!!”

Showin' off the gun.

Showin’ off the gun.

Roberts hangs out with the president of her fan club, mom Lisa Edlin.

Roberts hangs out with the president of her fan club, mom Lisa Edlin.

"OK, bye now. I got work to do."

“OK, bye now. I got work to do.”

Madeline Roberts is fillin’ up the stat sheet.

The former Coupeville High School softball star is deep into her freshman year at Shoreline Community College, and among the team leaders in several categories.

Through 22 games (the school’s web site hasn’t added stats for Sunday’s games, which is where these photos came from), Mad Dog is hitting .254 with a home run and 10 RBI.

Roberts has tallied 17 hits, 17 runs, walked seven times and stolen eight bases.

Plus, she’s enough of a camera magnet to get John Fisken to travel down to Shoreline to snap these pics.

So she’s doing alright.

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